Nigel Bagnall
| Sir Nigel Bagnall | |
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Field Marshal Sir Nigel Bagnall c.1989
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| Born |
10 February 1927 India |
| Died | 8 April 2002 (aged 75) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1946–1989 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands held |
Chief of the General Staff British Army of the Rhine I Corps 4th Division 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards |
| Battles/wars |
Palestine Emergency Malayan Emergency Cyprus Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Military Cross & Bar |
Field Marshal Sir Nigel Thomas Bagnall GCB, CVO, MC & Bar (10 February 1927 – 8 April 2002) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army from 1985 to 1988. Early in his military career he saw action during the Palestine Emergency, the Malayan Emergency, the Cyprus Emergency and the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, and later in his career he provided advice to the British Government on the future role of Britain's nuclear weapons.
Born the son of Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stephen Bagnall and Marjory May Bagnall and educated at Wellington College, Bagnall undertook National Service for a year before being commissioned into the Green Howards on 5 January 1946. On 13 February 1946 he transferred to the Parachute Regiment and was deployed to Palestine where the British Mandate was about to end. Promoted to lieutenant on 24 September 1949, he served in Malaya, where as a platoon commander, he was awarded the Military Cross in 1950, and a bar to the Military Cross in 1952.
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